Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
Disabil Rehabil. 2010;32(23):1894-6. doi: 10.3109/09638281003649888.
Twice-yearly meetings of The British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine (BSRM) take place at which posters and free papers are generated, as abstracts, to present novel research findings, audits and case reports. The aim of this study was to evaluate the academic value of these meetings, by determining the subsequent rate of publication in peer-reviewed journals of abstracts presented. This was compared to the publication rate of other European medical specialist society meetings.
The authors used MEDLINE, PubMed and Google Scholar search engines to look for publication of abstracts presented at BSRM meetings within peer-reviewed journals over a 7-year period (2000-2006). The abstracts were categorised into sub-groups (original study, audit, review, case report and service description) to determine which type was more likely to be published. The above databases were used also to extract studies on publication rate of other medical specialties in Europe.
In 7 years, a total of 251 abstracts (of which 152 are original studies) have been presented as free papers or posters in a total of 13 meetings. The publication rate for the described study categories were: total 34%, original study 52%, review 50%, case report 5%, audit 0% and service description 0%. Publication rates from other specialist meetings in Europe range from 10% to 70%.
The average publication rate for an abstract submitted to a BSRM meeting is 34% for any abstract and 52% for an original study suggesting that the meeting is generating abstracts of comparable academic interest to other specialist societies.
英国康复医学学会（BSRM）每年召开两次会议，会上会生成海报和自由论文作为摘要，以展示新的研究成果、审计和案例报告。本研究旨在通过确定在同行评议期刊上发表的会议摘要的后续发表率来评估这些会议的学术价值。这与其他欧洲医学专业协会会议的发表率进行了比较。
作者使用 MEDLINE、PubMed 和 Google Scholar 搜索引擎，在同行评议期刊上寻找过去 7 年（2000-2006 年）在 BSRM 会议上发表的摘要。将摘要分为子组（原始研究、审计、综述、案例报告和服务描述），以确定哪种类型更有可能发表。还使用上述数据库提取了关于欧洲其他医学专业发表率的研究。
7 年来，共有 251 份摘要（其中 152 份为原始研究）以自由论文或海报的形式在 13 次会议上发表。所描述的研究类别的发表率为：总计 34%、原始研究 52%、综述 50%、案例报告 5%、审计 0%和服务描述 0%。欧洲其他专业会议的发表率从 10%到 70%不等。
提交给 BSRM 会议的摘要的平均发表率为 34%，对于任何摘要和 52%的原始研究，这表明会议生成的摘要与其他专业学会具有相当的学术价值。
